Remove Audio from Video in Premiere Pro (Step by Step)

Pragadeesh N - February 19, 2021 - Leave your thoughts. 5 min read

Looking to remove audio from video in Premiere Pro?

In this article, we’ll show you how to remove audio from video in Adobe Premiere Pro with clear step-by-step instructions and pictures.

Also, as a bonus, we’ll show you an easier way to remove audio from video clips on your Windows or Mac computer.

How to Remove Audio from Video using Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro lets you mute your video or remove audio from your video. Here are the steps to remove audio from your video using Adobe Premiere Pro:

1. First, create a new project. Go to File > New.
   
   
2. Now import the video you want to mute. Go to File > Import.
   
3. Then drag and drop the imported video from the Project panel onto the Timeline panel.
   
   
4. Select the video clip from the timeline. Simply click on the video layer to select it.
   
   
5. There are two steps to removing audio from a video in Premiere Pro. First, you separate the audio from the video. To do this, right-click on the video from the timeline and select Unlink from the resulting dropdown menu.
   
   
6. Second, now that you’ve separated the audio from the video, you can delete the audio. To delete the audio, you can either select the audio layer by clicking on it and hitting the delete key or right-click on the audio layer you just unlinked from the video and select Clear from the dropdown.
   
   

You’ve now successfully removed the audio from your video using Adobe Premiere Pro.

How to Remove Audio from a Video: The Easy Way

If you’re a Windows or Mac user, you can use Animaker’s video muter to easily mute videos for free! All it takes is 3 simple steps to remove audio or sound and download your videos using our super-simple video muting tool.

For those who are unaware of Animaker, it is an all-in-one DIY video making and editing app designed to help non-designers make professional-quality videos from the comfort of their browser.

Our video muting tool works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc., and if you use one of these browsers, you can easily mute your videos on your Windows or Mac computer. 

If you’re looking to quickly mute your videos for Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook, then Animaker’s video muter is the best tool for the job. Also, you can mute videos in MP4, MPG, WebM, MOV, and more formats.

Sign Up/Sign In and Pick the Dimensions

First, sign in to your account or create a free one. Now pick the dimensions or the social platform you want to publish your video on. What aspect ratio or dimensions you’d want your output video to be in? You can pick Square, Landscape, or Vertical from the Create a video section in your dashboard. Or you can use the Custom Size button to pick the custom dimensions of your choice.

Upload the Video and Remove the Audio From It

Upload the video you want to mute or remove audio from. Animaker lets you upload videos up to 20 GB in size. Go to the Upload tab in the main navigation bar and click on the Upload button at the bottom of the tab window.

Now click on it to set it onto the canvas.

Then, click on the scissor icon in the top right corner of the canvas.

Now in the popup window that appears next, you’ll find an audio button (the speaker icon) in the bottom right corner.

Simply click on the yellow speaker icon to mute your video. Once you click on the icon, you’ll notice that it’ll display the mute icon to indicate that the sound has been removed. Now click on the round green button in the bottom right corner to save the changes.

Optionally, you can also add a voiceover, or add background music to your video. If you want to add a voiceover, you’ve got three ways to do that: you can record your own voiceover, upload a voiceover file, or generate voiceover using text. To add a voiceover, click on the Video Timeline icon, then click on the Voiceover icon in the bottom left corner of the app screen, and pick an option from the dropdown menu.

To add background music to your video, simply head to the Music tab and pick a background music track from our huge, free music library.

Preview and Download

You can preview the video by clicking on the play button beside the Share button. You can then download the video to your computer by clicking on the Publish button and then selecting Download Video from the dropdown menu. Or share it directly to various social media platforms from within the app.

Apart from letting you remove audio from your videos, Animaker offers other essential video editing tools you’d need to edit your videos for your social media channels and website.

You can use Animaker’s video editor to:

• Trim videos
• Rotate videos
• Flip videos
• Remove audio from videos
• Adjust video brightness, contrast, etc.
• Add filters to videos
• Merge or combine videos

And the list goes on… feel free to check out these tools and learn why it’s the go-to video editor for marketers and content creators.

Got any questions about muting your videos in Premiere Pro? Any interesting tips or tools to mute videos that we seem to have left out? Please let us know about them in the comment section below.